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Summary: Entirely Unnecessary
Review: Human geography is a subject that utilizes models and theories, and forces you to apply these models to real life. Barrons has made a pathetic attempt of creating another test prep book, luring blind high school students into wasting twenty dollars on something that just rehashes information the students already know. This test prep book contains horrible practice tests, whose difficulty is ten times easier than the actual AP. The AP test contains specific, confusing questions that force the student to apply theories and such, whereas Barrons uses an elementary and straight-forward approach that does not test intelligence whatsoever. However, the book did contain new vocabulary terms, such as an exclave and agglomeration, that were nonexistent in my classroom textbook (most APHG classes use Rubenstein). I would suggest simply using this book for the vocab, but NOT for the pathetic tests. Focus your time on case studies; don't reread this book entirely.
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Summary: Good book, especially for the terminology.
Review: I found this book very helpful in getting all the Human Geography terminology down. That includes the different theories and names of map projections, ect. The big difference I found between the tests in this book and those on the exam is that in the exam you have to know more general knowledge about the world. The questions are more like "which of these countries exports the most sugar?" or ""which are the two most populous Australian states?" Those questions mean one has to have a general understanding about a lot of geographical things in the world already - the book can't teach that.
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Summary: I Didn't Need It
Review: I'm a *freshman* and I have just finished taking AP Human Geography exam, and it was easy. I used my notes and vocabulary the most to study, and when our class looked at the review book together, even my teacher thought it was stupid. She said "This book is just the released exam rewritten and priced at $20!" So I wouldn't buy it, but if you are at a study session at a bookstore and have extra time, grab it, glance through it to see vocab words your textbook doesn't have, and put it back up when you leave.
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